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Requested comment from mr. geld's office, and we'll bring that to you when we get it. classified documents will now be made available at a special meeting on capitol hill due to take place within the next few hours. this, though, is in camera which means that lawmakers cannot make copies and take any of those documents with them, jon, so with some access, but it is limbed. jon: and very quickly, just fair to say that none of these developments are making the white house's handling of all this look any better. >> reporter: i'll let the viewers decide on that one. [laughter] jon: fair enough. ca...

>> i think we need to look at it strategically. certainly it does cost more to go underground. we have to look at the cost justification strategically in certain areas where it makes sense to do so. one of the things we see every time we have these massive outages, due to storms or other events is that it does come with an economic impact. if you look at the impact right now of sandy, i've seen estimates for new york alone that add up to over $33 billion. so you begin to aggregate that with irene and katrina and other events over the years, and the billions start to add occupy. so when you sta...

>> you went to the mall to keep warm? >> oh absolutely. it was freezing, freezing. >> what are you guys going to do tonight? >> under lots of covers. under lots of covers. i have five or six different layers worth of stuff. i have a heart condition. i'm arthritic. he is die betic. nobody cares. >> reporter: but we do care. it is such a huge, huge thing to deal with. those numbers i gave you, about a half million customers now across the two states without power. and there is this to add. the nor'easter that brought those several inches of snow this week created new power outages. so the number...

Pressure and criticism today. governor cuomo of new york is threatening legal action if he finds cause. fema is starting to bring in mobile homes for emergency housing. there are warming shelters but not nearly enough. and this just crossing the associated press wires. i just ripped this off the printer. let me give it to you. new jersey has filed the first lawsuits for alleged price-gouging stemming from superstorm sandy. the attorney general in jersey announcing the state is suing seven gas stations and a hotel in northern parts of the state. they're looking at that. now the gas stations acc...

Plus, victims of super storm sandy face another frigid night in the dark. power companies are also planning for the next weather disaster. could all of this hardship be avoided the next time? we'll take a look. >> we are losing a lot of trees, they are just taking the wire down. i thought sandy was going to be the end and then this came right up. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles